Need help for a new CPU

[NookulearTacoEXE]

I'm planning a build build for playing star citizen AND doing production like colour grading. I'm going to need the cores so I need to get a Haswell-E, Haswell-EP CPU, or wait for Broadwell E/EP CPUs.

I'm not too sure of the price i want to dedicate to the CPU but i also don't need 9001 cores so just give a few appropriate suggestions. I can settle for anything between 6 and 10 cores and maybe 12 depending if i have the money at the time of the build.

The main thing i need to know is the recommended CPU frequency for smooth gameplay on 1080p and 4k in star citizen because xeons have a locked frequency. If the frequency is too low for star citizen to run well on a xeon or the xeon frequency will bottleneck 1 or probably in the future 2 980tis then i will go with the non xeons.

If i'm making a mistake that sc isn't cpu intensive then correct me please.

Thanks for your help guys.

[NookulearTacoEXE]

I'm looking at the e5-2640 v3 right now. Looks pretty good and I might add a second if its good enough for star Citizen.

[AdamH96]

Honestly don't think Star Citizen is going to take advantage of more than 6-8 cores (maybe IDK) you might want to look at stronger or higher clocked cores like the i7-5820K (5830K if you plan on more than 2 or 3 cards for SLI or crossfire) or wait for Broadwell-E for its 8 or 10 core CPUs. Xeons are good if you are doing large multithreaded rendering or workloads that can take advantage of it.

 

What programs are you using?

 

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-E5-2640-v3-vs-Intel-Core-i7-5820K

[NookulearTacoEXE]

Honestly don't think Star Citizen is going to take advantage of more than 6-8 cores (maybe IDK) you might want to look at stronger or higher clocked cores like the i7-5820K (5830K if you plan on more than 2 or 3 cards for SLI or crossfire) or wait for Broadwell-E for its 8 or 10 core CPUs. Xeons are good if you are doing large multithreaded rendering or workloads that can take advantage of it.

What programs are you using?

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-E5-2640-v3-vs-Intel-Core-i7-5820K

Davinci resolve adobe illustrator adobe premiere Maya and a few more

[rentaspoon]

Honestly don't think Star Citizen is going to take advantage of more than 6-8 cores (maybe IDK) you might want to look at stronger or higher clocked cores like the i7-5820K (5830K if you plan on more than 2 or 3 cards for SLI or crossfire) or wait for Broadwell-E for its 8 or 10 core CPUs. Xeons are good if you are doing large multithreaded rendering or workloads that can take advantage of it.

 

What programs are you using?

 

http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Xeon-E5-2640-v3-vs-Intel-Core-i7-5820K

They are aiming for 8 cores and an i7 currently runs better than an i5, I wouldn't be surpised if SC start using more than 8 cores eventually. 

 

And currently you need to overclock.

[NookulearTacoEXE]

They are aiming for 8 cores and an i7 currently runs better than an i5, I wouldn't be surpised if SC start using more than 8 cores eventually.

And currently you need to overclock.

Oh dang.

I guess I'm waiting for the 6930k or 6960x then...

[rentaspoon]

Oh dang.

I guess I'm waiting for the 6930k or 6960x then...

Just wait till 2.0 full release. The current test release feels buttery smooth when you aren't CTD

[NookulearTacoEXE]

Just wait till 2.0 full release. The current test release feels buttery smooth when you aren't CTD

Oh not buttery smooth for me, not at all.

[rentaspoon]

Are you in live or PTU? What's your specs?